Yearly Archives: 2023

Vancouver Sun columnist Ian Mulgrew: The RCMP deserves being disbanded

Photo: Rally in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders, Ottawa, February 2020. Vancouver Sun columnist Ian Mulgrew writes: “In November, Eby was courting voters with...

Democracy Now! interviews Maya Mam human rights defender Thelma Cabrera barred from running in June 25th presidential election in Guatemala

Video: Democracy Now! interview with Thelma Cabrera and Jordán Rodas. On March 3, Democracy Now! reported: “The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision...

Nomadesc, CSPP and CCAJAR in collaboration with Amnesty International call for the dismantling of the ESMAD riot police

On March 2, Amnesty International stated: “Today a diverse and broad group of Colombian human rights organizations and victims of excessive use of force by...

Trudeau says an Indigenous commissioner for the RCMP is “an excellent idea”, but hasn’t yet commented on the demand to abolish the C-IRG

The Canadian Press reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says having an Indigenous person serve as the next commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted...

PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at seventh anniversary remembrance of Lenca water protector Berta Cáceres

On March 3, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Yesterday we accompanied with body and soul @COPINHHONDURAS in the seventh sowing of comrade Berta Cáceres. #Berta lives...

RBC complains to Facebook about “Decolonial Solidarity – RBC at Bank St and First” page

It appears that the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has made three complaints to Facebook about a local Ottawa group's Decolonial Solidarity page. “Decolonial Solidarity...

Application by land defenders citing RCMP/C-IRG “disproportionate and excessive use of force” to be heard in court on March 8

The RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) raid on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021, included Emergency Response Team officers. Twelve land defenders are alleging an...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR: “ESMAD must be dismantled.”

The text of the image says: ESMAD must be dismantled. On March 2, the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) tweeted: “The ESMAD must be gradually...

Former Sandinistas stripped of their Nicaraguan citizenship by Ortega government among those seeking refuge in Canada

Photo: "Manuel de Jesús Sobalvarro Bravo was an elite soldier in the Nicaraguan military and fought U.S.-backed forces known as the 'Contras' during the...

PBI-Honduras accompanies the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) as it visits with evicted Rio Indio 2 community

On March 1, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “#PBI accompanies the @CntcTegucigalpa in the Río Indio 2 community, evicted on February 15. The community was waiting for...
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